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Senator Robert M. La Follette will be leaving Washington soon to campaign aggressively in Ohio, William H. Taft’s home state. Public opinion has changed, indicating La Follette is not in the running for the nomination, instead Theodore Roosevelt and Taft will be the ones to fight to lead the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
The printed version of a speech Robert M. La Follette gave at the All Southwestern Conference for Social Centers on February 2, 1911. He advocates for the development of civic and social centers as a way to increase civic participation, especially in rural communities, which he says will strengthen democracy and increase civic progress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-17
Wisconsin Governor Robert M. La Follette is influencing conventions in various Senate districts with the aim of being elected Senator in the place of Joseph Very Quarles. He is endorsing Ira B. Bradford for the governorship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-03
Uncle Sam looks up at the sky and sees several eclipses: a “partial eclipse in New York” with Charles Evans Hughes, a “partial eclipse in Penns.” with Philander C. Knox, a “partial eclipse in Wisconsin” with Robert M. La Follette, a “partial eclipse in Indiana” with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, a “partial eclipse in Illinois” with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, a “total eclipse in Chicago,” and a “partial eclipse in Ohio” with William H. Taft. “My world” with President Roosevelt is about to overshadow Taft.
Things were looking up in 1908. . .or at least people were looking up to the heavens. An unusually high number of solar and lunar eclipses were due that year, and the spectacular once-in-a-lifetime Halley’s Comet was due to brighten the skies in 1910. All were matters of public discussion and newspaper feature stories.
President Roosevelt sits at his desk with a paper in front of him and a sign that reads, “My busy day.” His “big stick” is leaned against the desk. All around him are bouquets from various states: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and “John T. Graves, Georgia, 3rd term.”
Hugh J. Doyle, the longtime Philadelphia cartoonist, drew this cartoon probably in response to anti-Roosevelt rumblings in the Republican Party at the time. There were few, but influential, men who had personal reasons to snipe at the president.
Excerpts from an Interstate Commerce Commission publication listing the powers of railroad commissions in various U.S. states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-19
Secretary of War William H. Taft seemed to be the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, but his candidacy is losing support. Even thought President Roosevelt supports him, and he is personally popular with the public, he is a poor campaigner and is losing ground in several states to other politicians, including Roosevelt himself, whom some support for a second elected term.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-21
In a commencement address to the faculty and students of the University of Illinois, German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg urges the graduating students to use their theoretical and practical knowledge for the public good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge about his concerns regarding the butchers’ strike and the Colorado matter. Roosevelt acknowledges that Alton Parker made a skillful political maneuver by coming out in favor of the gold standard during the last moments of the Democratic Convention, and Roosevelt reviews his political strategy for the rest of the campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-14
Index listing of President Roosevelt’s speeches made during his tour of the Pacific Coast in April of 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903
Full color political cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt as a fortune teller. He sits inside a circus tent, reading the palm of a female figure labeled “New York State.” Leaving from the right side of the tent are Pennsylvania and Ohio. Waiting in line at the left are Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1910
After hunting in Iowa, Theodore and Elliott Roosevelt have returned to Chicago, Illinois, to prepare for a trip to Wisconsin. They are enjoying themselves and have had “fair sport.” A visit to John Elliott is still under consideration. The weather has been lovely and Roosevelt has enjoyed driving across the prairies.
1880-09-12
Theodore Roosevelt is leaning more and more toward Elisha Ely Garrison’s views on a matter and was interested to learn that he was in Wisconsin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-31
President of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Marvin Hughitt writes to President Roosevelt to say his son, Marvin Hughitt, Jr., would be pleased to entertain Kermit or Ted Roosevelt. He offers them fishing and boating in Wisconsin, or duck and chicken hunting in Minnesota or Dakota.
1907-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt thanks P. J. Haag for a picture of mothers and children in Wisconsin. Roosevelt compliments the women on their work to build up the country and comments on the quality of citizenship in Wisconsin.
1911-09-19
Benjamin Ide Wheeler sends news from the Republican National Convention; including how Senator Fairbanks won the vice-presidential nomination, the resolution of a matter surrounding the Wisconsin delegation, and Wheeler’s opinion on the party platform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-22
President Roosevelt speaking to a packed crowd
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-06-11
President Roosevelt riding in a floral carriage
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-07-28
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-09-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt states that his position was that unless men came out for him, presumably in the 1912 Republican nomination, it would be necessary to nominate a third party ticket. Roosevelt states that there are states that are exceptions, such as Wisconsin, Kansas, California, and South Dakota, but that Illinois was not such a state.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-30